Assembly Actions -
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May 04, 2018 |
referred to transportation |
Assembly Bill A10551
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DENDEKKER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Michael G. Miller
Inez E. Dickens
Vivian Cook
multi-Sponsors
Steven Englebright
Sandy Galef
William Magee
Dean Murray
2017-A10551 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A10551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10551 I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring charter buses to use commercial global positioning system technology THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new section 509-dd to read as follows: § 509-DD. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARTER BUSES. (1) NO DRIVER SHALL OPERATE A CHARTER BUS AND A MOTOR CARRIER SHALL NOT PERMIT A DRIV- ER TO OPERATE A CHARTER BUS WITHOUT THE USE OF COMMERCIAL GLOBAL POSI- TIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY. (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "CHARTER BUS" SHALL MEAN A BUS TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS FOR COMPEN- SATION IN CHARTERED PARTY. (B) "CHARTERED PARTY" SHALL MEAN A GROUP OF PERSONS WHO, PURSUANT TO A COMMON PURPOSE AND UNDER A SINGLE CONTRACT AND AT A FIXED CHARGE, HAVE ACQUIRED EXCLUSIVE USE OF A BUS TO TRAVEL TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO A SPECIFIC DESTINATION OR FOR A PARTICULAR ITINERARY EITHER AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE OR MODIFIED AFTER HAVING LEFT THE PLACE OF ORIGIN BY SUCH GROUP. (C) "COMMERCIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY" SHALL MEAN GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE NAVIGATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, SELECTION OF ROUTES WHICH TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15423-01-8
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